Resolving Nigeria’s Health Care Quandary, By Obikili Chinedu Gee
The solution starts with the setting up of public-private partnerships (PPP), having the tertiary hospitals being handed over to private organisations and people to run, not necessarily on a permanent basis, but on pre-agreed terms - perhaps for like 20 years. A pilot of such programme was carried out by…
Silence Is Not An Option: Protecting Freedom of Expression In Nigeria, By Osai Ojigho
Freedom of expression in Nigeria can be secured if the authorities stop the crack down on journalists, prevent further attacks and hold those abusing their power accountable when journalists are unduly targeted. On February 28, 2018, officials of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) arrested and detained for seven days,…
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Beyond Fayose: The Future of Ekiti, By Reuben Abati
I spent the better part of last Tuesday, October 16, focusing on developments in Ekiti State. It was the day of John Kayode Fayemi’s return to office as governor of Ekiti State and his inauguration for a second-term, after an interregnum of four years, 2014 to 2018, during which former…
Human Suffering and the Sacrifices of Righteousness, By Femi Aribisala
What does it profit a man if he never suffers, never goes through tribulation, never has to endure affliction, but at the end of it all he is separated from God? The man died in the hospital after a long and protracted illness. The doctor conducted a post mortem examination…
Relationships and Their Anxieties, By Kenneth Amaeshi
No matter what happens, be brave and do not let a good crisis go to waste! Pick yourself up and walk again; for success is often borne out of many failures, irrespective of the temporality of reputation, recognition, and rejection. Human relationships are often informed and influenced by reputation, recognition,…
A Tale of Two Alaafins: From Adeniran Adeyemi II To Lamidi Adeyemi III, By Femi Kehinde
Among Oba Adeniran’s children, Lamidi Adeyemi was his favourite. He had seen at Lamidi’s birth, on October 15, 1938, the lacerations on his left breast and the spots on his legs, which were on the same spots as those on Lamidi Olayiwola, as tell tale signs of future royalty. Destiny…
The Fallacy of Seeking Change Without Producing Relevant Knowledge, By Bunmi Fatoye-Matory
Given the excellent performance of Nigerians in higher institutions at home and abroad, we have proved beyond any doubt that we can compete intellectually with anyone in the world, that we are excellent knowledge consumers. What we are yet to become are knowledge producers, for the purpose of building our…
Did Nigeria Fail Hauwa?, By Nextier SPD
...was it the lack of clarity on Nigeria’s philosophy of engagement with terrorists that led to the rise in kidnap incidents? Did ISWAP kidnap Hauwa on the hope of a ransom payoff? Was she detained for seven gruesome months as part of the negotiation strategy? What of the timing of…
Is the Dollar Thicker Than Blood?, By Owei Lakemfa
It is amazing that the US with a huge body of knowledge and knowledgeable people can be led by an administration which displays so much contempt for knowledge and universal wellbeing: the beautiful thing is that the rest of humanity is marching on. As we struggle to survive raging floods,…
Nigerian Businesses: Experiencing the Forex Scarcity of 2015-16 (1), By Rafiq Raji
Unfunded clean letters of credit, asking for favourable payment terms from suppliers, and adopting an export focus to generate FX were some of the strategies adopted by Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, manufacturers of PepsiCo’s products in Nigeria, chief executive, Sunil Sawhney said. He was not alone. Adapt or Leave Even…
